[Grants] [LACTTE] 2018 Grants Program

Thu Apr 19 15:59:58 AEST 2018

Hi Niki,

It's a little more nuanced than that. In 2015 and 2016, Linux Australia
auspiced GovHack. We provided insurance coverage and banking
infrastructure, as we do for several events, such as WordCamps and
DrupalSouth, which are aligned with our open source ideals.

In most cases, Linux Australia retains the profits of these events in
exchange for absorbing the risk inherent in running an event, and to
help provide seed funding for future events. In the case of GovHack, we
did not retain any of the funds that were surplus to event requirements,
and these funds were returned to GovHack, with the intent that GovHack
would be able to run as an independent entity - which indeed it is now
doing. We also provided what was essentially in-kind sponsorship for
GovHack - by paying the GST that GovHack incurred from sponsor payments
that was processed through Linux Australia - to the value of about $6k.

While we understand GovHack's ideals, we are cautious about providing
further support in 2018.

Firstly, it's unclear who is paid what within GovHack, such as
Director's salaries or fees - which is important given that GovHack is
largely government-supported, and utilises a huge amount of volunteer
labour. In contrast, Linux Australia's constitution allows for any
organisational member to be provided with our full books to review.
Transparency and openness is a core Linux Australia value. As an
entirely volunteer organisation, it would be difficult for us to justify
a grant to our community where that grant was supporting a for-profit
entity where these details were not clear - even though, again, we
understand the open data remit that GovHack has.

We're also observing some changing community perceptions of hackathons
in general - for example, the perception that hackathons try to get
"free work" from participants with no ongoing mechanism to commercialise
the prototypes made, the increasing number of hackathons in the
Australian marketplace, the reduced prize money available for hackathons
versus the time commitment sought, the workload placed on volunteers and
so on.

Kind regards,

Kathy

On 19/04/18 13:22, Projects PP wrote:
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> Hi Kathy,
>
>
> Thank you for getting back to me.
>
>
> We have previously received grants in the past for our event
> GovHack. In it's 9th year, the open data hacker ton aims to unlock the
> value of open data published by government.
>
> https://www.govhack.org
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>
> We understand the application process required and would like
> to request to the council for any feedback or direction in terms of
> how we should take this.
>
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
> Niki 
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> <https://www.govhack.org/>
> 	
> GovHack Hackathon – Empower. Enable. Connect. <https://www.govhack.org/>
> www.govhack.org
> GovHack is an open data hackathon held across Australia ...
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>
> *Niki Fernando*
>
> *Connect | Collaborate | Innovate*
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> *Partner&Prosper**//*
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> _emily at partnerandprosper.com.au <mailto:emily at partnerandprosper.com.au>___
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> 08 9443 3468 
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> PO Box 1360, Osborne Park, WA 6916
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> Level 1, 76 Roberts St, Osborne Park, WA 6017
>
> www.partnerandprosper.com.au <http://www.partnerandprosper.com.au/>
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Linux Australia President <president at linux.org.au>
> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 April 2018 10:16 AM
> *To:* Projects PP; council at linux.org.au
> *Cc:* grants at lists.linux.org.au
> *Subject:* Re: [LACTTE] 2018 Grants Program
>  
>
> Hi Niki,
>
>
> Many thanks for your enquiry.
>
> The Grants Program runs until our end of financial year - which is 30
> September 2018.
>
> So all Grant expenditure needs to occur before this date.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kathy
>
>
> On 19/04/18 11:45, Projects PP wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Just reaching out to confirm what the closing date for the 2018
>> Grant application were?
>>
>>
>> Please let me know.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Niki
>>
>>
>> *Niki Fernando*
>>
>> *Connect | Collaborate | Innovate*
>>
>> *Partner&Prosper**//*
>>
>> _emily at partnerandprosper.com.au
>> <mailto:emily at partnerandprosper.com.au>___
>>
>> 08 9443 3468 
>>
>> PO Box 1360, Osborne Park, WA 6916
>>
>> Level 1, 76 Roberts St, Osborne Park, WA 6017
>>
>> www.partnerandprosper.com.au <http://www.partnerandprosper.com.au/>
>>
>>
>>
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> Kathy Reid
> President
> Linux Australia
>
> 0418 130 636
>
> president at linux.org.au <mailto:president at linux.org.au>
> http://linux.org.au
>
> Linux Australia Inc
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-- 
Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia

0418 130 636

president at linux.org.au
http://linux.org.au

Linux Australia Inc
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia

ABN 56 987 117 479 

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